HISTORY

STUDIO (2015 - 2017)

ABXY was a salon-style gallery formed in 2015 when founder Allison Barker, invited a carefully curated group of young artists to use her SoHo home-office as studio space.

As the loft filled with artworks, friends and colleagues, gatherings at ABXY quickly formalized into a cutting-edge schedule of programming and events. The space soon became a haven for collectors and artists of all fields, backgrounds, and experience levels to discover one another.

GALLERY (201 7 - 2021)

In 2017, Barker took the project public and opened a brick-and-mortar gallery in Manhattan’s historic Lower East Side. For the next four years, ABXY specialized in presenting exhibitions by emerging and mid-career artists with a focus on contemporary American social issues.  

While we closed our doors and moved to a virtual model in 2021, we have archived the historic exhibitions, which took place at our 9 Clinton Street location below.